<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3>In a message dated 2/25/03 11:22:27 AM Central Standard Time, stridepiano@tesco.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Frequently the chart would begin with saxes, not the rhythm section alone.<BR>
Sometimes it started with the trombones. Sometimes with both sections. It<BR>
all depended on the time and the place . . . and the players. Stan<BR>
would kick this off, and we never really knew what was about to happen. In<BR>
later years, the trombones even fragmented the vamp."<BR>
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There is more but the above will give you the general idea of the problems<BR>
to expect when attempting to play this wonderful chart.<BR>
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John Farrell</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Thanks for your research on the "Peanut Vendor", John. The original as recorded on Capitol records is the definitive version. The trombone solo, I believe, was by Milt Bernhart. The original version had the rhythm just right. Subsequent versions underwent a lot of tinkering and this great arrangement lost its effectiveness.<BR>
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Jim Beebe</FONT></HTML>